{"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "Open-source web browser from Mozilla, built on the Gecko engine.", "recommenders": 209, "commenters": 430, "warners": 55, "score": 182.189, "rising": 66.35, "first": "2025-11-04", "latest": "2026-10-29", "why": "HN commenters use it as a daily driver for uBlock Origin ad blocking on desktop and Android, for rarely hitting broken sites, and as a non-Chromium engine.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 228, "neutral": 182, "compare": 11, "warn": 59}, "spark": [20, 13, 7, 4, 7, 9, 8, 30, 19, 41, 51, 19], "listed": true, "loved": ["Ad blocking", "Site compatibility"], "caveat": "UI redesign", "short_quote": "I switched to Firefox when chrome announced manifest v3, and I'm still happy with it.", "icon": true, "domain": "theregister.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["Firefox"], "verdict": [{"text": "HN commenters use it as a daily driver for uBlock Origin ad blocking on desktop and Android,", "cites": [{"id": 801371940, "item_id": 50085746, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085746", "by": "ornornor", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now on desktop, use Firefox and uBlock origin.", "excerpt": "AFAIK on iOS all browsers are safari anyway. Apple doesn\u2019t allow you to use anything but safari\u2019s engine (WebKit) for browsers so chrome, Firefox, etc all run WebKit on that platform. Might as well use safari as it\u2019s better integrated. And it supports uBlock origin (lite). With that and NextDNS, I have no ads anywhere. For the YouTube app, I use proton\u2019s Albania vpn and no ads there either. Now on desktop, use Firefo", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple: Switch to Safari (From Chrome)"}, {"id": 799744560, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. Sample code here https://github.com/t895/DNSNet/blob/a-couple-updates/service/src/main/kotlin/dev/clombardo/dnsnet/service/vpn/DnsNetVpnService.kt They both do the same thing. There are local device-only resolver apps like https://rethinkdns.com/ https://github.com/m66", "context": "", "use_case": "Android ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 793147776, "item_id": 49571736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571736", "by": "Brybry", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great.", "excerpt": "Yes, I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great. But using adblocking DNS on your phone will also block most in-app ads which is a big quality of life improvement. I could also use a VPN to keep my phone always on my home network and thus behind my own ad blocking DNS but Mullvad's adblocking DNS was really nice and convenient.", "context": "Android user", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS"}, {"id": 797725488, "item_id": 49857843, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857843", "by": "TomasEkeli", "date": "2026-09-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Works well for me on Firefox with uBlock origin without any special lists.", "excerpt": "Works well for me on Firefox with uBlock origin without any special lists. Personally I use my own fork of FreeTube on desktops, though, falling back to Firefox with uBlock when there are outages.", "context": "", "use_case": "watching YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"}]}, {"text": " for rarely hitting broken sites,", "cites": [{"id": 801421520, "item_id": 50088845, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088845", "by": "zaphar", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it.", "excerpt": "For what it's worth Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it. Safari I definitely have.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 798140848, "item_id": 49883803, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883803", "by": "MrJohz", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues.", "excerpt": "If anyone is reading this and sees compatibility as their primary reason for staying with a Chromium browser: I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues. The big one is anything to do with video calling \u2014 things often work but not as well, or you can voice call but not use video, or something like that. M", "context": "", "use_case": "main browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798086736, "item_id": 49880421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880421", "by": "0x1ch", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use.", "excerpt": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use. In fact, it's always some weird AI product or SaaS product when something complains about user agents, so low quality and not worth looking at.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798093424, "item_id": 49880839, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880839", "by": "Capricorn2481", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it and don't really have problems.", "excerpt": "The author has a lot to say about firefox [1]. I use it and don't really have problems. Maybe 1/200 sites works not as well. I have had wayyy more issues on Safari. It seems like most of their criticisms are a gut feeling of declining quality due to their intentions with AI. I don't love that, but the browser still works for me. What do other people think? [1] https://kevquirk.com/is-firefox-firefucked", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}]}, {"text": " and as a non-Chromium engine.", "cites": [{"id": 798590976, "item_id": 49911936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49911936", "by": "Magicrafter13", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is exactly why I still use Firefox.", "excerpt": "> It's developers not testing their web apps with Firefox, since it has such a small market share. This is exactly why I still use Firefox. Brave is good, no doubt. I keep it installed for the blue moons where I want a Chromium browser for something. But I refuse to contribute to the Chromium monopoly. Every time I use a Chromium browser, I'm telling web developers that its okay to discriminate against other browser ", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 793161232, "item_id": 49572577, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572577", "by": "strenholme", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko).", "excerpt": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko). Also, Ladybird\u2014another completely different web engine\u2014is really promising. I spent five hours building it from source, having it take about 8 gigabytes of space, and it perfectly renders my own webpages and blogs. I have a feeling someone\u2019s going to make an open source browser using Ladybird\u2019s engine before Ladybird has official binaries.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is its UI design and recent redesign,", "cites": [{"id": 801193987, "item_id": 50074624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074624", "by": "pmkary", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "My eyes hurt for the amount of design problems in Firefox.", "excerpt": "I don't get why Mozilla's designs are so ugly. It's 2026, everyone has beautiful designs and some browsers (Arc, Dia) are so gorgeous you don't want to work with anything else. And then this not-even-released mail app looks like old Bootstrap web apps. I used to love Mozilla for having some of the most beautiful designs. The era of Forefox OS and Firefox 4 with their beautiful beautiful designs and then they said no;", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 798334001, "item_id": 49895875, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49895875", "by": "Markoff", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign", "excerpt": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign, I am using Vivaldi on desktop as daily driver, tried updating Firefox, after update received some gayish pink browser, which I resolved by installing Dark theme for firefox (I don't want dark pages), not really optimal since I would prefer the current tab highlighted in white, the density can be resolved by using Compact setting, but still dunno: 1. how to have rectangular tabs ", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 798349168, "item_id": 49896823, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896823", "by": "glimshe", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox, I used to love you but you can't UX your way out of a decline.", "excerpt": "Firefox, I used to love you but you can't UX your way out of a decline.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 796177088, "item_id": 49761068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49761068", "by": "cecexacjrgec", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms", "excerpt": "Yeah. It\u2019s a tough balance to achieve but that\u2019s the situation we\u2019re in right now so Mozilla really ought to step up (and I totally wish they would). My biggest pain point at the moment (entirely subjective mind you) is not even the AI nonsense, but how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms (what I use, at the moment). I don\u2019t want Firefox to mirror Safari 1:1 but I do want the Fi", "context": "Apple platform user", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"}]}, {"text": " followed by feeling slower than Chrome.", "cites": [{"id": 798073426, "item_id": 49879589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879589", "by": "atraac", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox always felt slower to me", "excerpt": "Also been using Brave for a while. All the crypto stuff needs to be turned off but besides that for me, it's just better Chrome. Firefox always felt slower to me, Safari is just a weird kid from the neighborhood I could never get to like. I LOVED Arc. I think its a near perfect browser, but lack of proper mobile browser and Browser Company dropping Arc in favor of the new rebranded Arc with AI just left me with distr", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 793668432, "item_id": 49604277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604277", "by": "cxr", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it", "excerpt": "I don't understand this common response. I'm a former Mozillian and a lifelong Firefox user (continuously since Firefox has existed, at least). I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it and have felt it on every system I've ever owned, and am constantly reminded once every few months or weeks or so when I open up Chrome to check something and am confronted with how much snappier it is\u2014even without an ad blocker, which ", "context": "former Mozillian, lifelong Firefox user", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "My practical approach to surfing the web safely"}, {"id": 798337521, "item_id": 49896095, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896095", "by": "osener", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this", "excerpt": "I usually try to keep an open mind but wow this is so bad. I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this, I've now switched to Helium. I miss the \"Multi-Account Containers\" but that's about it. They just had to look at Arc for what people want out of the future of browser design and instead they committed this own goal.", "context": "former loyal Firefox user", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Ad blocking", "summary": "Commenters pair it with uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock to block ads, including on Android.", "quotes": [{"id": 799744560, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. Sample code here https://github.com/t895/DNSNet/blob/a-couple-updates/service/src/main/kotlin/dev/clombardo/dnsnet/service/vpn/DnsNetVpnService.kt They both do the same thing. There are local device-only resolver apps like https://rethinkdns.com/ https://github.com/m66", "context": "", "use_case": "Android ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 793147776, "item_id": 49571736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571736", "by": "Brybry", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great.", "excerpt": "Yes, I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great. But using adblocking DNS on your phone will also block most in-app ads which is a big quality of life improvement. I could also use a VPN to keep my phone always on my home network and thus behind my own ad blocking DNS but Mullvad's adblocking DNS was really nice and convenient.", "context": "Android user", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS"}, {"id": 801247264, "item_id": 50077954, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077954", "by": "benhurmarcel", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox in the side for browsing because IT doesn\u2019t control it and I can block ads.", "excerpt": "Exactly. My company mandates Chrome or Edge with no extensions for work, and the SSO only works with these. I use Firefox in the side for browsing because IT doesn\u2019t control it and I can block ads.", "context": "employer mandates Chrome or Edge", "use_case": "personal browsing at work", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}]}, {"label": "Site compatibility", "summary": "Long-time users say they rarely run into sites that don't work in it.", "quotes": [{"id": 801421520, "item_id": 50088845, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088845", "by": "zaphar", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it.", "excerpt": "For what it's worth Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it. Safari I definitely have.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 798140848, "item_id": 49883803, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883803", "by": "MrJohz", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues.", "excerpt": "If anyone is reading this and sees compatibility as their primary reason for staying with a Chromium browser: I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues. The big one is anything to do with video calling \u2014 things often work but not as well, or you can voice call but not use video, or something like that. M", "context": "", "use_case": "main browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798086736, "item_id": 49880421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880421", "by": "0x1ch", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use.", "excerpt": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use. In fact, it's always some weird AI product or SaaS product when something complains about user agents, so low quality and not worth looking at.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}]}, {"label": "Performance", "summary": "Some find it on par with Chrome, or faster, on desktop and mobile.", "quotes": [{"id": 797107056, "item_id": 49819191, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49819191", "by": "BizarroLand", "date": "2026-09-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "firefox and its derivatives are essentially at feature and speed parity or better than chrome across the board", "excerpt": "Real question, why go through the hassle to install chrome on a linux machine? I moved away from chrome a while ago, but last time I installed it on linux it was a pain, and firefox and its derivatives are essentially at feature and speed parity or better than chrome across the board.", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "browser on Linux", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "ReBarUEFI: Resizable BAR for almost any UEFI system"}, {"id": 793652208, "item_id": 49603263, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49603263", "by": "gitowiec", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it everyday on laptop and mobile and I don't see the difference to the Chrome or Brave", "excerpt": "I don't understand why author complains about Firefox performance. I use it everyday on laptop and mobile and I don't see the difference to the Chrome or Brave when I visit all my regular sites and all other I find on HN. She has to play HTML 5 games or something to observe such difference", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "My practical approach to surfing the web safely"}, {"id": 799762528, "item_id": 49985158, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985158", "by": "epihelix", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox for Android is butter-smooth for me.", "excerpt": "I use a 2019 flagship phone (an s10e), and Firefox for Android is butter-smooth for me. So I cannot imagine why it would be janky for you with your multiple-times-faster modern phone? Sounds like you're describing Firefox from around the time my phone was made (which was indeed slow and janky, and had lots of UI issues).", "context": "uses a 2019 flagship phone (S10e)", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}]}, {"label": "Engine diversity", "summary": "Users choose it to avoid adding to Chromium's dominance.", "quotes": [{"id": 798590976, "item_id": 49911936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49911936", "by": "Magicrafter13", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is exactly why I still use Firefox.", "excerpt": "> It's developers not testing their web apps with Firefox, since it has such a small market share. This is exactly why I still use Firefox. Brave is good, no doubt. I keep it installed for the blue moons where I want a Chromium browser for something. But I refuse to contribute to the Chromium monopoly. Every time I use a Chromium browser, I'm telling web developers that its okay to discriminate against other browser ", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 793161232, "item_id": 49572577, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572577", "by": "strenholme", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko).", "excerpt": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko). Also, Ladybird\u2014another completely different web engine\u2014is really promising. I spent five hours building it from source, having it take about 8 gigabytes of space, and it perfectly renders my own webpages and blogs. I have a feeling someone\u2019s going to make an open source browser using Ladybird\u2019s engine before Ladybird has official binaries.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"}, {"id": 799110497, "item_id": 49944406, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944406", "by": "mxuribe", "date": "2026-10-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "as much as i love firefox", "excerpt": "I'm not a kagi subscriber (yet), but am more and more becoming a fan of them and their approaches. I count myself as one of the folks who was thrilled about this web browser, because as much as i love firefox, we need diversity. Ok, ok, not too too much fragmentation...but still we need offerings to help people. So, while i was hopeful for kagi folks to keep working on orion i'm happy that at least they'll open sourc", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows"}]}, {"label": "Many tabs", "summary": "Heavy tab users say it handles memory better than Chromium, and about:processes can unload heavy tabs.", "quotes": [{"id": 801899424, "item_id": 50118714, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118714", "by": "rmunn", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "switched to Firefox years ago because I tend to open a lot of tabs, which make Chromium seem to just gobble up RAM", "excerpt": "> Upstream is just giving them software for free on an as-is basis. While the \"we're entitled to bugfixes\" attitude is definitely annoying for software maintainers to deal with, and you (as the end user) aren't entitled to anything from 99% of open-source projects... this is Chromium we're talking about. The browser engine that powers 75-95% of all Web browsing (it's very hard to pin down actual numbers, but it's hug", "context": "opens a lot of tabs", "use_case": "web browsing with many tabs", "switched_from": "Chromium", "story": "Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia"}, {"id": 796255184, "item_id": 49765949, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765949", "by": "alpaca128", "date": "2026-09-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use about:processes to stop processes that eat up too much memory over time. The tabs stay open but get unloaded.", "excerpt": "\"Or I have to learn how to close Firefox tabs\" I use about:processes to stop processes that eat up too much memory over time. The tabs stay open but get unloaded. YouTube especially acts like a black hole for memory if you let it.", "context": "", "use_case": "unloading memory-heavy tabs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple M6 Pro achieves the highest single-core CPU score in Geekbench 7"}]}, {"label": "Stability", "summary": "Long-time users report it is stable and rarely crashes.", "quotes": [{"id": 801232416, "item_id": 50077026, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077026", "by": "alt227", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox is a much more stable experience.", "excerpt": "Ive used Firefox as my daily driver for around 12 years. I switched to Chrome a couple weeks ago to see what the fuss is about and I am shocked how glitchy it is in comparison. Firefox is a much more stable experience.", "context": "Firefox daily driver for ~12 years", "use_case": "daily driver browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 795353440, "item_id": 49709590, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49709590", "by": "IlikeMadison", "date": "2026-09-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my firefox and chromium running as snaps never crashed a single time for as long as I can remember", "excerpt": "sandboxing a browser makes total sense. my firefox and chromium running as snaps never crashed a single time for as long as I can remember, and I use both every day, at the same time.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ubuntu 26.10 completes transition to Rust-based coreutils"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "UI redesign", "summary": "Some dislike its visual design and recent redesign, or find it out of place on Apple platforms.", "quotes": [{"id": 801193987, "item_id": 50074624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074624", "by": "pmkary", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "My eyes hurt for the amount of design problems in Firefox.", "excerpt": "I don't get why Mozilla's designs are so ugly. It's 2026, everyone has beautiful designs and some browsers (Arc, Dia) are so gorgeous you don't want to work with anything else. And then this not-even-released mail app looks like old Bootstrap web apps. I used to love Mozilla for having some of the most beautiful designs. The era of Forefox OS and Firefox 4 with their beautiful beautiful designs and then they said no;", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 798334001, "item_id": 49895875, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49895875", "by": "Markoff", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign", "excerpt": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign, I am using Vivaldi on desktop as daily driver, tried updating Firefox, after update received some gayish pink browser, which I resolved by installing Dark theme for firefox (I don't want dark pages), not really optimal since I would prefer the current tab highlighted in white, the density can be resolved by using Compact setting, but still dunno: 1. how to have rectangular tabs ", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 796177088, "item_id": 49761068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49761068", "by": "cecexacjrgec", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms", "excerpt": "Yeah. It\u2019s a tough balance to achieve but that\u2019s the situation we\u2019re in right now so Mozilla really ought to step up (and I totally wish they would). My biggest pain point at the moment (entirely subjective mind you) is not even the AI nonsense, but how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms (what I use, at the moment). I don\u2019t want Firefox to mirror Safari 1:1 but I do want the Fi", "context": "Apple platform user", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"}]}, {"label": "Slower feel", "summary": "Some users, including loyal ones, find it slower than Chrome or report memory and performance issues.", "quotes": [{"id": 793668432, "item_id": 49604277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604277", "by": "cxr", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it", "excerpt": "I don't understand this common response. I'm a former Mozillian and a lifelong Firefox user (continuously since Firefox has existed, at least). I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it and have felt it on every system I've ever owned, and am constantly reminded once every few months or weeks or so when I open up Chrome to check something and am confronted with how much snappier it is\u2014even without an ad blocker, which ", "context": "former Mozillian, lifelong Firefox user", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "My practical approach to surfing the web safely"}, {"id": 798073426, "item_id": 49879589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879589", "by": "atraac", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox always felt slower to me", "excerpt": "Also been using Brave for a while. All the crypto stuff needs to be turned off but besides that for me, it's just better Chrome. Firefox always felt slower to me, Safari is just a weird kid from the neighborhood I could never get to like. I LOVED Arc. I think its a near perfect browser, but lack of proper mobile browser and Browser Company dropping Arc in favor of the new rebranded Arc with AI just left me with distr", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798337521, "item_id": 49896095, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896095", "by": "osener", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this", "excerpt": "I usually try to keep an open mind but wow this is so bad. I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this, I've now switched to Helium. I miss the \"Multi-Account Containers\" but that's about it. They just had to look at Arc for what people want out of the future of browser design and instead they committed this own goal.", "context": "former loyal Firefox user", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}]}, {"label": "Mozilla direction", "summary": "Critics point to new-tab ads, privacy-eroding changes and Mozilla mismanagement.", "quotes": [{"id": 802063216, "item_id": 50128951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128951", "by": "mrob", "date": "2026-10-17", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the adverts Firefox displays on new tabs by default are unacceptable", "excerpt": ">my browser does that every time I visit a site The purpose of a browser is to make network requests. If I use a browser, I am implicitly giving it consent to make the network requests necessary for the web browsing I do. This implied consent does not cover unnecessary requests, e.g. the adverts Firefox displays on new tabs by default are unacceptable, because I did not consent to them being downloaded. It also does ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"}, {"id": 798451186, "item_id": 49903199, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49903199", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "warn", "quote": "changes that erode the privacy of Firefox users", "excerpt": "It's about alignment of interests. They believe that there is a business that is valuable selling a user-centric browser. A user-centric browser does not exist today. Google Chrome is a frog-boiling exercise where they slowly take away freedoms to run, for example, ad-blocking in the browser and they do so under the name of security. They've already tried to push the web integrity initiative. They'll try again. Mozil", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798144241, "item_id": 49884015, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884015", "by": "rpdillon", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox no longer holds the technical or moral high ground", "excerpt": "Just as a counterpoint, I switched to Brave because Firefox no longer holds the technical or moral high ground. Brave is an open-source browser which makes it different from Chrome and Vivaldi. Brave is a privacy-focused browser. Brave is the only browser that is open source and also lets me pay for it so I can have a clean, uncluttered, fast experience. Brave is the only chromium-based browser that I'm aware of that", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}]}, {"label": "Site gaps", "summary": "A handful of sites, especially video calling, work less well than in Chrome.", "quotes": [{"id": 798140848, "item_id": 49883803, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883803", "by": "MrJohz", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues.", "excerpt": "If anyone is reading this and sees compatibility as their primary reason for staying with a Chromium browser: I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues. The big one is anything to do with video calling \u2014 things often work but not as well, or you can voice call but not use video, or something like that. M", "context": "", "use_case": "main browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 801313904, "item_id": 50082119, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50082119", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on Linux; I have to forego a handful of websites, but nothing is a dealbreaker.", "excerpt": "Sure it's choice. I use Firefox on Linux; I have to forego a handful of websites, but nothing is a dealbreaker. YouTube works, Gmail works, my life isn't interrupted without Chrome installed. It sounds like your family is using Chrome because it's more convenient. It's 2026, we can't blame anyone given what Safari spent the past decade doing. Apple does not provide convenient Safari sync for Windows and Android devic", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801237040, "item_id": 50077315, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077315", "by": "roughly", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "At home, I\u2019m an ardent and committed Firefox user", "excerpt": "Also, half the sites on the Internet don\u2019t work properly on anything but chrome. At home, I\u2019m an ardent and committed Firefox user, at work, I use Chrome like everyone else (and keep anything personal as far away from it as I can).", "context": "", "use_case": "personal browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}]}, {"label": "Android limits", "summary": "Users report that Firefox for Android lacks keyboard shortcuts and handles background playback poorly.", "quotes": [{"id": 792692768, "item_id": 49543298, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49543298", "by": "z_rho_one", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on all my devices except my Android tablet.", "excerpt": "One feature Firefox is really lacking is shortcuts on Android. I use Firefox on all my devices except my Android tablet. When I have a physical keyboard paird with my Android tablet and want to use keyboard shortcuts to open new tabs, switch tabs, etc. on Firefox for Android -- well, the shortcuts just don't exist. This is the only reason I use Brave instead of Firefox on my tablet. Hella annoying because my bookmark", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hang on to Your Firefox"}, {"id": 797822752, "item_id": 49863922, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49863922", "by": "hobo123", "date": "2026-09-27", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Mobile Firefox with background playing is really bad", "excerpt": "Mobile Firefox with background playing is really bad, do they just stop everything \"to save battery?\" I use Brave only to stream web radio while in the kitchen.", "context": "", "use_case": "background audio playback", "switched_from": "", "story": "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"}]}, {"label": "Security", "summary": "One commenter says its sandbox is weaker than Chromium's.", "quotes": [{"id": 793679282, "item_id": 49604955, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604955", "by": "xyhhx", "date": "2026-09-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "isn't firefox like far less secure than chromium? its sandbox pales in comparison", "excerpt": "> I\u2019m using Firefox because it still has better built-in security and privacy controls than other browsers. isn't firefox like far less secure than chromium? its sandbox pales in comparison, for one thing. configuring trivalent on fedora-based distros is a good way to get the security benefits of chromium without all the adtech slop. anybody using firefox should consider the patches by celenity at https://codeberg.or", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "My practical approach to surfing the web safely"}]}], "who": [{"by": "wolvoleo", "context": "in Europe", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241285", "date": "2026-10-26"}, {"by": "john01dav", "context": "employer forces Chrome for work", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50160510", "date": "2026-10-20"}, {"by": "monneyboi", "context": "Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50143351", "date": "2026-10-18"}, {"by": "rmunn", "context": "opens a lot of tabs", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118714", "date": "2026-10-16"}, {"by": "gortok", "context": "uses MacBook, Windows desktop, iPhone and iPad", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089645", "date": "2026-10-14"}, {"by": "OroPla", "context": "Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085468", "date": "2026-10-14"}, {"by": "bigyabai", "context": "Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50082119", "date": "2026-10-14"}, {"by": "benhurmarcel", "context": "employer mandates Chrome or Edge", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077954", "date": "2026-10-13"}, {"by": "alt227", "context": "Firefox daily driver for ~12 years", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077026", "date": "2026-10-13"}, {"by": "anvuong", "context": "worked in a very secure air-gapped facility", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076076", "date": "2026-10-13"}, {"by": "MisterTea", "context": "IT at a workplace", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50075652", "date": "2026-10-13"}, {"by": "PaulHoule", "context": "software dev at a university unit", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074140", "date": "2026-10-13"}], "tags": ["for Linux users", "for ad blocking", "for Android users", "for managed deployments", "for privacy tinkerers"], "use_cases": ["web browsing", "daily browser", "browser", "browsing", "daily browsing", "web browser"], "compared": [{"slug": "chrome", "name": "Chrome", "co": 154, "switched_from": 22, "switched_to": 7}, {"slug": "brave", "name": "Brave", "co": 56, "switched_from": 2, "switched_to": 10}, {"slug": "ublock-origin", "name": "uBlock Origin", "co": 74, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "safari", "name": "Safari", "co": 62, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 3}, {"slug": "vivaldi", "name": "Vivaldi", "co": 28, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 4}, {"slug": "microsoft-edge", "name": "Microsoft Edge", "co": 29, "switched_from": 2, "switched_to": 2}, {"slug": "chromium", "name": "Chromium", "co": 25, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 3}, {"slug": "orion", "name": "Orion", "co": 20, "switched_from": 3, "switched_to": 3}], "makers": [{"id": 801284336, "item_id": 50080271, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080271", "by": "gcp", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we can ship compatibility shims in the browser.", "excerpt": "Of course with AI one could go as far as adding a \"Report this site doesn't work in Firefox\" button that magically sends a report (+ suggested fix) to the people operating the website/app. Not sure if you're aware, but this button does actually exist in the help menu, at least for getting a public report filed. I looked through our tracker and didn't find any report similar to yours though (..and Office365 has a ton ", "context": "works on Firefox compatibility", "use_case": "fixing web compatibility", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 781652256, "item_id": 48853266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48853266", "by": "JohnPDickerson", "date": "2026-07-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox combatted that.", "excerpt": "Author here. The reason I joined the Mozilla ecosystem, and the reason I want to help Mozilla's mission succeed in the era of AI, is identical to the reason I supported Mozilla in my teens and college years during the early browser wars. Then, we had MSFT coming in to create a single point of failure (and control) for your access to the Internet via IE - Firefox combatted that. We're in the same situation now, with y", "context": "leads Mozilla AI", "use_case": "open browser vs IE", "switched_from": "", "story": "Why the Next Era of AI Is About Infrastructure, Not Just Models"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527748", "title": "Hang on to Your Firefox", "mentions": 33}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471970", "title": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow", "mentions": 24}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514878", "title": "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO", "mentions": 22}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303202", "title": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin", "mentions": 15}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49878759", "title": "I switched to Brave", "mentions": 13}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50070302", "title": "Firefox Enterprise", "mentions": 12}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"recommend": 20, "neutral": 14, "warn": 5}, "2025-12": {"recommend": 13, "neutral": 16, "warn": 4}, "2026-01": {"recommend": 7, "neutral": 9, "warn": 3}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 3, "warn": 2}, "2026-03": {"neutral": 9, "recommend": 7, "warn": 1}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 6, "recommend": 9, "compare": 1}, "2026-05": {"neutral": 5, "warn": 5, "recommend": 8, "compare": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 30, "neutral": 18, "warn": 9, "compare": 4}, "2026-07": {"compare": 1, "neutral": 18, "recommend": 19, "warn": 5}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 41, "warn": 7, "neutral": 31, "compare": 1}, "2026-09": {"warn": 14, "recommend": 51, "neutral": 31, "compare": 2}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 22, "recommend": 19, "warn": 4, "compare": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804594817, "item_id": 50287176, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50287176", "by": "MayeulC", "date": "2026-10-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I lost the habit of using them when they got removed from Firefox (I used to be a heavy user)", "excerpt": "I lost the habit of using them when they got removed from Firefox (I used to be a heavy user), but I am coming back to them. Here, I would tend to make a tab group per activity (so all products contained inside), so it is not too useful, but at least that allows me to collapse children tabs. It is also nice to be able to close the group and reopen it later. Overall, I am fairly satisfied by TreeStyleTabs, but the ext", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with tab groups", "switched_from": "", "story": "Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs"}, {"id": 804419424, "item_id": 50276214, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50276214", "by": "zahlman", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used my system package manager to update it", "excerpt": "Interesting. I know Firefox has an update because I used my system package manager to update it.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tell HN: I know Firefox has update when it starts to glitch"}, {"id": 804415216, "item_id": 50275951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275951", "by": "pmontra", "date": "2026-10-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "type new in the URL bar and FF completes it to the URL of this site", "excerpt": "I give you an example on this page of comments, so you can check if my informal results apply to you too. I am moving my finger on my touchpad to move the pointer to more or less match what I am reading. I am always close to a Reply button or a vote one. There is no point reaching for the screen with my hand and touching those links. Furthermore they are way too small to be pressed with a finger. They are probably to", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "New 14\u2011inch MacBook Pro with M6"}, {"id": 803984176, "item_id": 50249011, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249011", "by": "adrian_b", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "warn", "quote": "which is extraordinarily buggy in both Firefox and Chrome", "excerpt": "While what you say is correct, the point is that the excessive use of JS is what makes nowadays the print command the only way to save most Web pages. Years ago I was never using the \"print\" command in browsers. I used the \"save\" command. But now the \"save\" command is useless for most sites, because the saved scripts frequently do not work offline or they do not work even online, but from local files. So the only alt", "context": "", "use_case": "printing web pages", "switched_from": "", "story": "Websites Should Be Printable"}, {"id": 803860560, "item_id": 50241285, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50241285", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I keep sites isolated a lot in Firefox containers", "excerpt": "Yes I love it when I see mistargeted ads because it means I've been able to stay outside of the dragnet a bit. I have been watching a bit of prime video and getting ads for cars, baby diapers and gambling sites, all things I have zero interest in buying lol. I've not had a car in 10 years and I'm single and don't even buy lottery tickets. I keep sites isolated a lot in Firefox containers but Amazon of course has my p", "context": "in Europe", "use_case": "site isolation for privacy", "switched_from": "", "story": "Root shell on Samsung TV"}, {"id": 803820353, "item_id": 50238772, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50238772", "by": "opan", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "on FF mobile I do often miss qutebrowser's quickmarks", "excerpt": "Been years since I used tags in bookmarks, but on FF mobile I do often miss qutebrowser's quickmarks. I have a lot of stuff like \"malw\" to get to my MAL Watching list on my PC. My compromise on mobile is to use the bookmark titles kinda like a search or a description with keyboard stuffing, so maybe the default name of the bookmark is something generic like \"MyAnimeList.net\", I'll put \"malw - \" at the start of it, th", "context": "", "use_case": "mobile browsing and bookmarks", "switched_from": "", "story": "Overgrown, when plants invade your abandoned tabs"}, {"id": 803172435, "item_id": 50198277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50198277", "by": "jaffa2", "date": "2026-10-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "firefox if i need a third browser", "excerpt": "i too like vivaldi for the same reasons. i use brave, chrome for google stuff, firefox if i need a third browser but i use vivaldi mostly. except on mac where i still use safari", "context": "", "use_case": "third browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "A farewell to Arc browser"}, {"id": 802568161, "item_id": 50160510, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50160510", "by": "john01dav", "date": "2026-10-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Firefox generally", "excerpt": "I have found that Dark Reader works much better than this. (I use Firefox generally, but my employer forces Chrome for many work tasks, and is also very concerned about data security from 3rd party extensions, so Dark Reader is not readily accessible. I use Dark Reader with Firefox at home, and find that it much more frequently has a reasonable result. Another issue with teh Chrome flag is that it is inconvenient to ", "context": "employer forces Chrome for work", "use_case": "main browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Dark mode for HN please? (2026)"}, {"id": 802293617, "item_id": 50143351, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50143351", "by": "monneyboi", "date": "2026-10-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "They accuse me of being a bot when I use firefox on linux.", "excerpt": "If only it would be possible to \"close your doors to AI agents\". It's not I'm afraid. Where do you draw the line? What browser is allowed? For example, I now have to `pacman -S chromium` to buy tickets from Deutche Bahn. They accuse me of being a bot when I use firefox on linux. It's a known problem, and I think stuff like this will only get worse the longer this cat and mouse goes on.", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Websites are closing their doors to AI agents"}, {"id": 802063216, "item_id": 50128951, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128951", "by": "mrob", "date": "2026-10-17", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the adverts Firefox displays on new tabs by default are unacceptable", "excerpt": ">my browser does that every time I visit a site The purpose of a browser is to make network requests. If I use a browser, I am implicitly giving it consent to make the network requests necessary for the web browsing I do. This implied consent does not cover unnecessary requests, e.g. the adverts Firefox displays on new tabs by default are unacceptable, because I did not consent to them being downloaded. It also does ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"}, {"id": 801899424, "item_id": 50118714, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50118714", "by": "rmunn", "date": "2026-10-16", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "switched to Firefox years ago because I tend to open a lot of tabs, which make Chromium seem to just gobble up RAM", "excerpt": "> Upstream is just giving them software for free on an as-is basis. While the \"we're entitled to bugfixes\" attitude is definitely annoying for software maintainers to deal with, and you (as the end user) aren't entitled to anything from 99% of open-source projects... this is Chromium we're talking about. The browser engine that powers 75-95% of all Web browsing (it's very hard to pin down actual numbers, but it's hug", "context": "opens a lot of tabs", "use_case": "web browsing with many tabs", "switched_from": "Chromium", "story": "Comparing Chromium Development at Google and Igalia"}, {"id": 801434320, "item_id": 50089645, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089645", "by": "gortok", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Firefox, edge, brave across these devices.", "excerpt": "This is the issue. I can\u2019t adopt Passkeys if I\u2019m not certain they\u2019re going to work as well as my password manager and Authenticator app, which is to say 100% of the time. When sites ask to set up passkeys, it\u2019s usually native passkeys (especially on iOS). And figuring out how to get the flow to set up a LastPass key by default seems unusually difficult. I also use a MacBook, windows desktop, an iPhone and iPad. I use", "context": "uses MacBook, Windows desktop, iPhone and iPad", "use_case": "browsing across devices", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 801421520, "item_id": 50088845, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50088845", "by": "zaphar", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it.", "excerpt": "For what it's worth Firefox is my daily driver and I've never run into a site that was broken in it. Safari I definitely have.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801371940, "item_id": 50085746, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085746", "by": "ornornor", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Now on desktop, use Firefox and uBlock origin.", "excerpt": "AFAIK on iOS all browsers are safari anyway. Apple doesn\u2019t allow you to use anything but safari\u2019s engine (WebKit) for browsers so chrome, Firefox, etc all run WebKit on that platform. Might as well use safari as it\u2019s better integrated. And it supports uBlock origin (lite). With that and NextDNS, I have no ads anywhere. For the YouTube app, I use proton\u2019s Albania vpn and no ads there either. Now on desktop, use Firefo", "context": "", "use_case": "desktop browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple: Switch to Safari (From Chrome)"}, {"id": 801367488, "item_id": 50085468, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085468", "by": "OroPla", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "To the point I hate updating Firefox, because it there's a chance it will do something silly I'll have to fix.", "excerpt": "It's because since FF3.5 they only made the browsing experience worse. To the point I hate updating Firefox, because it there's a chance it will do something silly I'll have to fix. But all the other browsers are even worse. I'd really like to move to qutebrowser, but it doesn't have good enough adblocking. I'd give Zen a try, too, but it's not in the repositories of my Linux machine and I'm never installing a browse", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801313904, "item_id": 50082119, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50082119", "by": "bigyabai", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on Linux; I have to forego a handful of websites, but nothing is a dealbreaker.", "excerpt": "Sure it's choice. I use Firefox on Linux; I have to forego a handful of websites, but nothing is a dealbreaker. YouTube works, Gmail works, my life isn't interrupted without Chrome installed. It sounds like your family is using Chrome because it's more convenient. It's 2026, we can't blame anyone given what Safari spent the past decade doing. Apple does not provide convenient Safari sync for Windows and Android devic", "context": "Linux user", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801309553, "item_id": 50081847, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50081847", "by": "tisdadd", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "that those tests take longer than Firefox and Chrome, my daily drivers", "excerpt": "I do use safari in my playwright tests, and it led to me doing a note on my known limitations page - that those tests take longer than Firefox and Chrome, my daily drivers. But, that could be due to using it on Linux maybe. I do hate having to dig out ios devices for app testing.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801289296, "item_id": 50080581, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080581", "by": "jwrallie", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I\u2019m a Firefox user.", "excerpt": "My family immigrated away from Germany 4 generations ago and I\u2019m a Firefox user. Maybe you have a point :) The other day someone asked me why I use Firefox. I realized the only other browser I use is Safari.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801288320, "item_id": 50080520, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080520", "by": "alpaca128", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox built from source is sufficiently sped up that I can notice it starting up at least 1-2 seconds faster.", "excerpt": "Firefox built from source is sufficiently sped up that I can notice it starting up at least 1-2 seconds faster. Not that I use the distro for speed, but I'm not complaining about a faster browser. If you insist on acting like a normal person, no one stops you from using something normal.", "context": "", "use_case": "source-built browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "A plea not to use uv-build"}, {"id": 801259042, "item_id": 50078690, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50078690", "by": "jedberg", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Firefox for everything else.", "excerpt": "I use all three browsers on a daily basis. Chrome for accessing google owned properties and things I click on from Google search, Safari for reddit and hacker news, and Firefox for everything else. Safari is always the best on my Mac, but my complaint has always been the lack of plugins. But just now I ported one of my favorite plugins from Chrome to Safari using ChatGPT. I told it I already have it installed in Chro", "context": "", "use_case": "general browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801248624, "item_id": 50078039, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50078039", "by": "linguae", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I had switched to Firefox on Linux/Windows and Safari on Macs.", "excerpt": "Yup, just like during the bad old days of Internet Explorer's dominance. I remember encountering websites that only worked on the Windows version of Internet Explorer as late as 2006. We had a nice time in the late 2000s and early 2010s when web developers coded against standards instead of against the market-leading web browser. There was competition between Firefox, Opera, Safari, and a revitalized Internet Explore", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801247264, "item_id": 50077954, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077954", "by": "benhurmarcel", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox in the side for browsing because IT doesn\u2019t control it and I can block ads.", "excerpt": "Exactly. My company mandates Chrome or Edge with no extensions for work, and the SSO only works with these. I use Firefox in the side for browsing because IT doesn\u2019t control it and I can block ads.", "context": "employer mandates Chrome or Edge", "use_case": "personal browsing at work", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801240593, "item_id": 50077537, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077537", "by": "secretsatan", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I installed firefox and that was fine.", "excerpt": "I recently downgraded one of my macs so i could use some 32 bit audio peripherals. You can\u2019t update safari separately from the os i found out, and most websites now just won\u2019t render with that os and if they do, barely work. I installed firefox and that was fine. OTH, i use safari on my other mac, it\u2019s fine most of the time, but i also have have chrome installed as some websites are so buggy otherwise, linkedin is a ", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing on older macOS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801237040, "item_id": 50077315, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077315", "by": "roughly", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "At home, I\u2019m an ardent and committed Firefox user", "excerpt": "Also, half the sites on the Internet don\u2019t work properly on anything but chrome. At home, I\u2019m an ardent and committed Firefox user, at work, I use Chrome like everyone else (and keep anything personal as far away from it as I can).", "context": "", "use_case": "personal browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801232416, "item_id": 50077026, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50077026", "by": "alt227", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox is a much more stable experience.", "excerpt": "Ive used Firefox as my daily driver for around 12 years. I switched to Chrome a couple weeks ago to see what the fuss is about and I am shocked how glitchy it is in comparison. Firefox is a much more stable experience.", "context": "Firefox daily driver for ~12 years", "use_case": "daily driver browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"}, {"id": 801217216, "item_id": 50076076, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50076076", "by": "anvuong", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Firefox was the only approved browser.", "excerpt": "That's weird. I used to work in a very secure facility (think actual air-gapped supercomputers where network access is building-LAN only) and Firefox was the only approved browser.", "context": "worked in a very secure air-gapped facility", "use_case": "browser in secure facility", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801210432, "item_id": 50075652, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50075652", "by": "MisterTea", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "We used to install FF and Chrome on the local PCs at work", "excerpt": "We used to install FF and Chrome on the local PCs at work to ensure this would not be an issue. The office workers just used Edge.", "context": "IT at a workplace", "use_case": "workplace browser installs", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801193987, "item_id": 50074624, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074624", "by": "pmkary", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "My eyes hurt for the amount of design problems in Firefox.", "excerpt": "I don't get why Mozilla's designs are so ugly. It's 2026, everyone has beautiful designs and some browsers (Arc, Dia) are so gorgeous you don't want to work with anything else. And then this not-even-released mail app looks like old Bootstrap web apps. I used to love Mozilla for having some of the most beautiful designs. The era of Forefox OS and Firefox 4 with their beautiful beautiful designs and then they said no;", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 801193312, "item_id": 50074582, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074582", "by": "omoikane", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "personally I use both Chrome and Firefox every day", "excerpt": "> people are going to try and install Chrome at all costs Mozilla might have anticipated this when they wrote \"Diversify your browser engine\" as one of the selling points. https://www.firefox.com/en-US/enterprise/firefox-enterprise/#:~:text=Diversify%20your%20browser%20engine Diversification is a good idea, personally I use both Chrome and Firefox every day (and sometimes Lynx).", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801186240, "item_id": 50074140, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074140", "by": "PaulHoule", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I try to only use Firefox except for YouTube", "excerpt": "The enterprise case can make a dent in distribution monopolies. I mean, even if Chrome is bundled all over the place for consumers, if an enterprise says \"use Firefox\" it can distribute it and enforce it. At my unit of my Uni we have Windows desktops managed by central IT. As a software dev they gave me a bypass to get administrator access but they do enforce that we use Firefox ESR -- I recently got a brand new Fire", "context": "software dev at a university unit", "use_case": "daily browser and development", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801181808, "item_id": 50073863, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50073863", "by": "unethical_ban", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Anything that makes enterprise management of FF easier is a win for the browser environment.", "excerpt": "Anything that makes enterprise management of FF easier is a win for the browser environment. That said, I'm seeing enterprise security companies selling soft forks of Chrome with all sorts of inspection and policy built in. Basically, instead of doing DLP/URL filtering/risk management on a MITM box, they're pushing it to the browser. This helps remove the need for TLS decryption, and the need to funnel their browser ", "context": "", "use_case": "enterprise browser management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801159712, "item_id": 50072482, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50072482", "by": "jpalawaga", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Recently, it's Firefox.", "excerpt": "as the family techie, I recommend tech and that's what sticks with them. Recently, it's Firefox. I wouldn't be surprised if those people had some techie in their life advising similar! and/or, they just really want decent adblock tech.", "context": "family techie", "use_case": "recommended to family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 801140848, "item_id": 50071303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50071303", "by": "traverseda", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox already had a very mature policy management engine", "excerpt": "Firefox already had a very mature policy management engine, it just didn't have a nice gui and would require like ansible or something to use. It allows forcing specific extensions on, and allowing user installs is a flag. I use the policy engine on nixos to install some plugins and disable some of firefox's dumber features.", "context": "NixOS user", "use_case": "enterprise policy management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 800979712, "item_id": 50061232, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50061232", "by": "djsavvy", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I've been using Firefox for years and don't think I've ever seen this.", "excerpt": "I've been using Firefox for years and don't think I've ever seen this. Are you running some custom configuration?", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default"}, {"id": 800952512, "item_id": 50059532, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50059532", "by": "SoftTalker", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Firefox DNS over HTTPS so they can't see that", "excerpt": "Yep you don't save anything using your own hardware anymore, and they impose data caps if you use their modem in pass-through mode and run your own router. I gave up and just use the Xfinity cable modem/router/access point now. Covers my entire house and even outside deck/patio/driveway. Yes they are probably snooping on my traffic and potentially proxying their \"xfinitywifi\" through my cable, but I use Firefox DNS o", "context": "", "use_case": "DNS over HTTPS", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?"}, {"id": 800855601, "item_id": 50053475, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50053475", "by": "shevy-java", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "warn", "quote": "If I use Firefox, I can not listen to audio", "excerpt": "> Let\u2019s give it up for Google - the biggest ad company on Earth I think Google needs to be forbidden from causing more damage to the EU market. And there need to be replacements too, once we forbid this Evil entity from sabotaging EU citizens any further. We also need real open browsers not controlled by greedy Ad companies. I am also aware of the irony of using thorium here right now (based on the adChrome code base", "context": "", "use_case": "web browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fingerprints are the new cookies"}, {"id": 800818738, "item_id": 50051171, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50051171", "by": "chaostheory", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Same with Firefox.", "excerpt": "wow on chrome based browsers, the fingerprint survives even in incognito mode. On Safari, fingerprinting doesn't survive in incognito mode. Same with Firefox. Good thing I use different computers for different purposes, though it looks like using different browsers seems sufficient.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fingerprints are the new cookies"}, {"id": 800680291, "item_id": 50042518, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50042518", "by": "badsectoracula", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "i have a tab with the web UI pretty much constantly open in Firefox", "excerpt": "Just yesterday i was working on my game engine for the original Xbox using the open source NXDK kit (which is much lower level than the official XDK) and i finally, after literal years, managed to find and fix a couple of bugs that caused flickering (much more obscure than you'd expect and didn't show up even in the emulator). So i decided to share it with a couple friends and retro enthusiast communities on Discord.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "IRCv3"}, {"id": 799762528, "item_id": 49985158, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985158", "by": "epihelix", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox for Android is butter-smooth for me.", "excerpt": "I use a 2019 flagship phone (an s10e), and Firefox for Android is butter-smooth for me. So I cannot imagine why it would be janky for you with your multiple-times-faster modern phone? Sounds like you're describing Firefox from around the time my phone was made (which was indeed slow and janky, and had lots of UI issues).", "context": "uses a 2019 flagship phone (S10e)", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 799748785, "item_id": 49984299, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984299", "by": "somebudyelse", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "excerpt": "Highly recommend https://nextdns.io, great for all kinds of blocking stuff. Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser with uBlock support", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 799744560, "item_id": 49984035, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984035", "by": "Onavo", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox on Android with the UBlock Origin and Sponsorblock extensions is still the gold standard.", "excerpt": "Sigh, that's a lot of words to describe DNS based adblocking. In Android you can either set your DNS server in the system settings or via the VPN API. Sample code here https://github.com/t895/DNSNet/blob/a-couple-updates/service/src/main/kotlin/dev/clombardo/dnsnet/service/vpn/DnsNetVpnService.kt They both do the same thing. There are local device-only resolver apps like https://rethinkdns.com/ https://github.com/m66", "context": "", "use_case": "Android ad blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 798590976, "item_id": 49911936, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49911936", "by": "Magicrafter13", "date": "2026-09-30", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "This is exactly why I still use Firefox.", "excerpt": "> It's developers not testing their web apps with Firefox, since it has such a small market share. This is exactly why I still use Firefox. Brave is good, no doubt. I keep it installed for the blue moons where I want a Chromium browser for something. But I refuse to contribute to the Chromium monopoly. Every time I use a Chromium browser, I'm telling web developers that its okay to discriminate against other browser ", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798349168, "item_id": 49896823, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896823", "by": "glimshe", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox, I used to love you but you can't UX your way out of a decline.", "excerpt": "Firefox, I used to love you but you can't UX your way out of a decline.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 798337521, "item_id": 49896095, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896095", "by": "osener", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this", "excerpt": "I usually try to keep an open mind but wow this is so bad. I was a loyal Firefox user but between the memory and perf issues and now this, I've now switched to Helium. I miss the \"Multi-Account Containers\" but that's about it. They just had to look at Arc for what people want out of the future of browser design and instead they committed this own goal.", "context": "former loyal Firefox user", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 798334001, "item_id": 49895875, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49895875", "by": "Markoff", "date": "2026-09-29", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign", "excerpt": "Redesign for the sake of the redesign, I am using Vivaldi on desktop as daily driver, tried updating Firefox, after update received some gayish pink browser, which I resolved by installing Dark theme for firefox (I don't want dark pages), not really optimal since I would prefer the current tab highlighted in white, the density can be resolved by using Compact setting, but still dunno: 1. how to have rectangular tabs ", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "The new Firefox design is here"}, {"id": 798140848, "item_id": 49883803, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883803", "by": "MrJohz", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues.", "excerpt": "If anyone is reading this and sees compatibility as their primary reason for staying with a Chromium browser: I have been using Firefox as my main browser for many years now, and I can count on one hand the number of times where I've been hit by compatibility issues. The big one is anything to do with video calling \u2014 things often work but not as well, or you can voice call but not use video, or something like that. M", "context": "", "use_case": "main browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798093424, "item_id": 49880839, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880839", "by": "Capricorn2481", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use it and don't really have problems.", "excerpt": "The author has a lot to say about firefox [1]. I use it and don't really have problems. Maybe 1/200 sites works not as well. I have had wayyy more issues on Safari. It seems like most of their criticisms are a gut feeling of declining quality due to their intentions with AI. I don't love that, but the browser still works for me. What do other people think? [1] https://kevquirk.com/is-firefox-firefucked", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798086736, "item_id": 49880421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49880421", "by": "0x1ch", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use.", "excerpt": "Firefox works on 99% of websites I use. In fact, it's always some weird AI product or SaaS product when something complains about user agents, so low quality and not worth looking at.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798073426, "item_id": 49879589, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879589", "by": "atraac", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox always felt slower to me", "excerpt": "Also been using Brave for a while. All the crypto stuff needs to be turned off but besides that for me, it's just better Chrome. Firefox always felt slower to me, Safari is just a weird kid from the neighborhood I could never get to like. I LOVED Arc. I think its a near perfect browser, but lack of proper mobile browser and Browser Company dropping Arc in favor of the new rebranded Arc with AI just left me with distr", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 797725488, "item_id": 49857843, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49857843", "by": "TomasEkeli", "date": "2026-09-26", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Works well for me on Firefox with uBlock origin without any special lists.", "excerpt": "Works well for me on Firefox with uBlock origin without any special lists. Personally I use my own fork of FreeTube on desktops, though, falling back to Firefox with uBlock when there are outages.", "context": "", "use_case": "watching YouTube", "switched_from": "", "story": "PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock"}, {"id": 796177088, "item_id": 49761068, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49761068", "by": "cecexacjrgec", "date": "2026-09-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms", "excerpt": "Yeah. It\u2019s a tough balance to achieve but that\u2019s the situation we\u2019re in right now so Mozilla really ought to step up (and I totally wish they would). My biggest pain point at the moment (entirely subjective mind you) is not even the AI nonsense, but how disjointed and alien the Firefox UX and general feel is to Apple platforms (what I use, at the moment). I don\u2019t want Firefox to mirror Safari 1:1 but I do want the Fi", "context": "Apple platform user", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP"}, {"id": 793668432, "item_id": 49604277, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604277", "by": "cxr", "date": "2026-09-07", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it", "excerpt": "I don't understand this common response. I'm a former Mozillian and a lifelong Firefox user (continuously since Firefox has existed, at least). I know Firefox is slower. I can feel it and have felt it on every system I've ever owned, and am constantly reminded once every few months or weeks or so when I open up Chrome to check something and am confronted with how much snappier it is\u2014even without an ad blocker, which ", "context": "former Mozillian, lifelong Firefox user", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "My practical approach to surfing the web safely"}, {"id": 793161232, "item_id": 49572577, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572577", "by": "strenholme", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko).", "excerpt": "There\u2019s a reason I use Firefox (Gecko). Also, Ladybird\u2014another completely different web engine\u2014is really promising. I spent five hours building it from source, having it take about 8 gigabytes of space, and it perfectly renders my own webpages and blogs. I have a feeling someone\u2019s going to make an open source browser using Ladybird\u2019s engine before Ladybird has official binaries.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"}, {"id": 793147776, "item_id": 49571736, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571736", "by": "Brybry", "date": "2026-09-05", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great.", "excerpt": "Yes, I use Firefox on Android with ublock origin, it works great. But using adblocking DNS on your phone will also block most in-app ads which is a big quality of life improvement. I could also use a VPN to keep my phone always on my home network and thus behind my own ad blocking DNS but Mullvad's adblocking DNS was really nice and convenient.", "context": "Android user", "use_case": "mobile browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Shutting down our public encrypted DNS"}]}